bank holiday

英 [ˌbæŋk ˈhɒlədeɪ]

美 [ˌbæŋk ˈhɑːlədeɪ]

n.  银行假日(公共假日，如圣诞节、元旦等)

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 银行假日（公共假日，如圣诞节、元旦等）
  a public holiday, for example Christmas Day, New Year's Day, etc.
  1. Bank Holiday Monday
     银行假日星期一
  2. a bank holiday weekend (= a weekend followed by a Monday which is a holiday)
     银行假日周末（之后的星期一为假日的大周末）

柯林斯词典

• 银行假日；公共假日
  Abank holidayis a public holiday.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 national holiday

英英释义

noun

• any of several weekdays when banks are closed

双语例句

• Here ( as you would expect on a bank holiday Monday night) he waited patiently for an hour for CC# 3 to be seen, and then another hour or so for him to be X-rayed.
  在这里（就像你在银行假日周一夜里可能经历的那样），他耐心地等了1个小时，才有医生为成本中心3号做检查，然后拍X光又等了一个小时左右。
• In addition, there are8 days in each country, which are public holidays ( the British call Bank Holiday) and many of these fall on a Monday giving people a long weekend.
  除了带薪假期之外，还有8天的公共假日，而且通常在周一，所以给人们可以度一个比较长的周末啦。
• Since the weekend happened to fall on a bank holiday, the dispute has already caused general confusion for the air travel in Ireland.
  因周末适值银行假日，这一争执已对爱尔兰的航空旅游普遍造成紊乱。
• So the bank holiday was fun, of course.
  “银行假日”（指银行不营业的周末）这两天过得不错。
• The estimated cost of lost productivity on a normal bank holiday in Britain, which, under the orders of Prime Minister David Cameron, the wedding day has become.
  这个数字是英国在一天正常法定假日内损失的生产力的预估成本。按照英国首相大卫•卡梅伦的命令，婚礼当天为英国法定假日。
• Seventy-two safe deposit boxes were opened in a raid at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd in central London over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.
  在复活节银行假日的周末，位于伦敦市中心的哈顿花园保险有限公司发生了一起迅雷不及掩耳之势的盗窃，72个保险箱被洗劫一空。
• The additional bank holiday for the diamond jubilee meant that in many sectors, production stopped for an extra day.
  为英国女王登基60周年而额外增加的一天银行假期，意味着许多领域休工的时间多了一天。
• Thank God it isn't a bank holiday.
  感谢上帝，它不是一个银行假日。
• You can't go, it's a bank holiday weekend.
  你不能去，现在是银行假日。
• There are just three normal working days between the two Bank Holiday weekends, meaning many could enjoy a break of11 days if they book the time off in between.
  复活节假和威廉王子婚礼假之间只有三个工作日，等于说这三天也请假的话就可以连续休11天了！